Marc Almond the inic gay sger-songwrer and mician synthpop/new wave duo Soft Cell an terview wh The Stland Herald talks about his reer…
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- OUT GAY MARC ALMOND SHAR BIGGT PARTNER REMORSE, BOYIEND HE LOST
- SOFT CELL’S MARC ALMOND: ‘I HATE THE LGBT THG. THERE’S NO GAY MUNY ANYMORE’
OUT GAY MARC ALMOND SHAR BIGGT PARTNER REMORSE, BOYIEND HE LOST
You know, I grew up the 70s, and short of soundg like my age is credibly difficult to grasp how homophobic Bra was the 70s and even more so the 80s.
The portrayal of gays on TV were clichéd stereotyp that I uld not relate to as a young man growg up. And the news was full of sndals, gay shamg or public outgs that stroyed was difficult to fd a role mol agast this toxic backdrop, so I hontly n’t rell on stage last yearJim Dyson via Getty ImagWhat was the first LGBTQ+ TV show or film that you remember ronatg wh you? I had never seen a film before that prented gay life – or “homosexuals” as everyone was known as then – a sympathetic way.
Jt never seen that, and that self mt be credible for people to me, the TV film The Naked Civil Servant was a revelatn, a ground-breakg portrayal of Quent Crisp, the Brish-born wrer, rantr and actor and his acunt of his openly homosexual life London when he dared to be himself.
SOFT CELL’S MARC ALMOND: ‘I HATE THE LGBT THG. THERE’S NO GAY MUNY ANYMORE’
It brought a fiant view of a gay life to people’s livg room, fully unapologetic lour. But the story belonged also to John Hurt, who as an actor dared to portray Quent Crisp at a time when actors didn’t touch gay rol for fear of beg tarnished by them.